Timothy mchugii



PatentedJune 28 1887.

T. MOHUGH. SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR STAND PIPES OI' SET BASINS 0R SIMILAR.

FIXTURES.

(N'o'Model.)-

WWA/55555- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIMOTHY MOHUGH, OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ON EHALF TO VILLIAM H. WARD St CO., QF SAME PLACE.

VSUPPORTING DEVICEl FOR STAND-P|PES OF SET BASINS R SIMILAR FIXTURES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,400, dated June 28, 1887.

Application tiled April 1, 1887. Serial No. 233,302. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

-Be it known that I, TIMOTHY MGHUGH, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certa-in new and useful Improvements in Supporting Devices for Stand-Pipes of Set Basins or Similar Fixtures, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to a set basin, bathtub, or other 'similar xture having a vertically-movable overiiow-pipe'7 the lower end of which constitutes a valve or stopper for the outlet of the basin, so that when said pipe is inserted in the outlet no water` can escape until overflow-pipe. c

The invention has for its object to provide improved means for suspending or holding said overflow-pipe in a raised position when annular seat, b.

not in use; and it consists in the improved devices which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,- Fignre l represents a vertical section of a part of asct basin, show-v ing in section its outlet, overflow-pipe, and the a set basin or other like fixture, (such as a bathtnb,) having an outlet, b, the latter having an c represents the overliow-pipe, the lower end of whichis formed as-an annular valve, c',

adapted toiit the seat b.

d represents a ixed bracket or shelf standing over the outlet b and above the top of the basin. To said bracket is affixed a. casing, f,

in which is tted to slide verticallyfa lifting' handle, g. Said handle is connected in any suitable manner with the overliow-pipe c, pret'- erably by a screw-threaded rod, h, having'a hook, 7L', at its lower end, which engages a crossbar, t', at the upper end of the overflow- `g is raised.

pipe, said rod being screwed into an internally- 5o .threaded socketV in the handle g, so that the rod can be adjusted vertically in said handle. A jam-nut, 7c, on the rod h, when turned against the lower end of the handle y, 'prevents the rod h from being accidentally turned. An inverted-cup-shaped nut, m, on said rod, when turned down to partly cover the hook 7L', pre- Vvents the latter from being accidentally disengaged from the crossbar z'. The casing fis enlarged to form a chamber, f the inner sur- 6o face of which has an inclined or recessed surface, o, at its upper portion,which co-operates it rises and flows into the upper end of the with catches q q, supported by and moving with the handle g, to support said handle andv the overflow-pipe in the raised position shown in Fig. 1 when the catches bear on said inclined or recessed surface o.

The catches q q (shown in Fig. l) are bolts adapted to vslide in a casing, o", placed in a transverse orifice in the handle g. A spring, 7c s, interposed between the bolts exerts an outward pressure on them and causes them to follow the inclined surface o when thehandle In Fig. 3 the catches gq are formed as springs attached directly to the handle g, and formed so that their freeends have an outward pressure on the inner surface of the chamber f In either case the catches q bear on theinclined or recessed surface o With such force as to create a resistance to the downward 8O movement of the handle and overflow-pipe sufficient to prevent the handle and stand-pipe from falling by gravitation, so that a positive downward pressure on the handle is requiredto release and depress the overflow-pipe.

-It isobvious that various other modifications may be made in the construction and arrangement of the .catches q q and the inclined or recessed surface o without departing from the spirit of my invention. I claiml. The combination of the casing having a .recessed inner surface, o, and the overiowrecessed inner surface, 0, the overliow-pipeto this speeileat'ion, in the presence of two supporting handle adapted to slide in said subscribing witnesses,tl1is 25bhdny of March, easing, the bolts adapted to slide in a guide 1887. or Casing extending transversely through said TIMOTHY MCHUGH. 5 handle, and the interposed spring whereby Vilnesses:

said bolts are pressed outwardly, as set forth. C. F. BROWN,

In testimony whereof Ihave .signed my name A. D. HARRISON. 

